Habitat for Humanity Ethiopian launched the Stand for Her Land(S4HL)
Habitat for Humanity Ethiopian launched S4HL campaign in November 2022 and preparation work has been made since then to catalyze the movement across the country. Following the launch of the campaign Country Coalition was formed on January 31, 2023, in Addis Ababa with the participation of governments and non-governmental partners.
The Coalition was officially launched at the presence of 31 representatives (13 Female,18 male) from national, sub-national, grass root level CSO’s and academic institutions.
The participants discussed issues related to women land rights in Ethiopia and the gaps observed in implementing national and local laws. A draft by-law for the country coalition was presented at the launching meeting and a consensus was reached to further strengthen the coalition.
A committee of nine people was selected for S4HL Country Coalition which will take over the activities of the country coalition. The formation of country coalition will bring a new chapter in realizing the S4HL project in Ethiopia. The campaign identified potential coalition members and planned to outline duties and responsibilities to further create locally driven national movement.
In his keynote address at the campaign launching meeting, Habitat for Humanity Interim National Director Alem Shumiye said, ‘’S4HL campaign and country collation needs active participation of all partners and stakeholders; and Habitat for Humanity Ethiopia takes facilitating role.’’
The S4HL project will build Country Coalitions in Uganda, Senegal, and Ethiopia, and the combined
advocacy of the global actors is expected to achieve the following three country level objectives:
- Catalyze a sustained, locally driven movement for Women Land Rights(WLR).
- Increase knowledge and resources for a diverse group of stakeholders to realize WLR.
- Engage communities in realizing WLR.
Coalition committee members Launching of S4HL Coalition